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  • 21dresser — dresser1 /dres euhr/, n. 1. a person who dresses. 2. a person employed to dress actors, care for costumes, etc., at a theater, television studio, or the like. 3. Chiefly Brit. a surgeon s assistant. 4. a person who dresses in a particular manner …

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  • 22dresser — dress|er [ˈdresə US ər] n 1.) BrE a large piece of furniture with open shelves for storing plates, dishes etc = ↑Welsh dresser 2.) AmE a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes, sometimes with a mirror on top British Equivalent: chest …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23dresser — noun (C) 1 BrE a large piece of furniture with open shelves for storing plates, dishes etc; welsh dresser 2 AmE a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes, sometimes with a mirror on top; chest of drawers 3 a fashionable/stylish/sloppy …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24dresser — UK [ˈdresə(r)] / US [ˈdresər] noun [countable] Word forms dresser : singular dresser plural dressers 1) British a large piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards at the bottom and open shelves on top 2) American a chest of drawers 3) a person …

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  • 25dresser — I. /ˈdrɛsə / (say dresuh) noun 1. someone who dresses: a snappy dresser. 2. someone employed to help to dress actors, etc., at a theatre. 3. any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials, as a hammer used to dress lead. 4. an… …

  • 26dresser — 1. n. 1 a kitchen sideboard with shelves above for displaying plates etc. 2 US a dressing table or chest of drawers. Etymology: ME f. OF dresseur f. dresser prepare: cf. med.L directorium 2. n. 1 a person who assists actors to dress, takes care… …

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  • 27dresser — I. noun Date: 15th century 1. obsolete a table or sideboard for preparing and serving food 2. a cupboard to hold dishes and cooking utensils 3. a chest of drawers or bureau with a mirror II. noun Date: 1520 one that dresses < a fashionable&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28dresser — noun /ˈdɹɛsə/ a) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and&#8230; …

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  • 29Dresser —    An individual or individuals assisting actors in applying makeup, wigs, and costumes for a performance was a dresser. Most stars employed personal dressers …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 30Dresser — Drẹsser,   Matthäus, auch M. Drẹscher, humanistischer Historiker, * Erfurt 24. 8. 1536, ✝ Leipzig 5. 10. 1607; wirkte an den Universitäten Erfurt und Leipzig, bemühte sich um die Reform des Universitätsstudiums und machte sich als Nachfolger&#8230; …

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